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A. B. HENDRYX. Lamp Shade.

No; 91,130. Patented June 8, I869.

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Kindred gettin A. B. HENDRYX, OF ANS'ONIA, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 91,130, dated June 8, 1869.

IIWPROVEMEN'I' IN LAMP-SHADES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it moi/y concern Be it known that I, A. B. HENDRYX, ofAnsonia,

' in the county of New Haven, and State of- Connecticut, have invented anew Improvement inLamp-Shade; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and-the lettersof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which. said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

'are brought together, the form of the'shade will be conical, the lowermeeting ends, at the lower edge, pivotedtogether, while the other end isleft free to slide, one over the other, and united by a spring, whichcontracts the upper edge, but allows of its expansion, as occasion mayrequire.

In order to the clear understanding of my invention, I will fullydescribe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

From a sheet of suitable metal, I out a segment,A, of a sizeproportionate to the shade to be produced, and punch the two ends at theouter edge, as at a, and leave a projection, d, upon the-upper edge,near one end. Then bring the two ends together, as in fig. 2, placing arivet through the perforations at a, securing it so that the two partswill turn on the said rivet, one upon the other. Then fold theprojection cl down over the other part, as seen in figs. 2 and 3, so asto allow the upper edges to slide, one upon the other, so as to expandor contract the upper edge of the shade. I then, in any convenientmanner, fix a spring, f, to the two ends, as seen in fig. 3, so that thecontraction of the spring draws the two ends together, so as to contractto the size of the upper edge of the shade, and allow of its expansion,so as to accommodate the shade to different sizes of chimneys.

The inner edge of the segment may be provided with points, 0, to bearagainst the chimney, if desired.

. I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming a shade formed froma segment, so as to be contracted or expanded as to its circumference,as such is not new.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A lamp-shade formed from a segment, pivoted at the lower edge, and theupper edge constructed so as to slide, one part upon the other, andprovided with the spring f, for the purpose of adjusting the shade,substantially in the manner set forth.

. A. B. HENDRYX.

Witnesses:

A. J. TrBBITs, J. H. SHUMW-AY.

